1000 Ocean Startups

The ocean is at the heart of our planet’s future—regulating our climate, driving economies and offering transformative solutions to global challenges. Yet, this immense potential remains vastly underappreciated and underfunded. To unlock the ocean's potential, we must move beyond incremental change. Implementing scalable solutions demands radical collaboration and disruptive innovation. 1000 Ocean Startups is a global coalition designed to harness this collective power. By fostering collaboration and mobilizing investment, we aim to catalyze 1,000 transformative start-ups by 2030—pioneering solutions across various industry sectors that drive the transition to a regenerative blue economy. At this year’s Annual Gathering, we brought together innovators, investors and ecosystem builders to explore the role of collaboration in advancing ocean innovation. Under the theme The Ocean Nexus, we highlighted the connection between ocean solutions and pressing global challenges like climate change, food security and energy transitions—charting a path forward to scale impactful solutions. The time to act is now. Collaboration isn’t just beneficial, it’s necessary. By working together, we can de-risk investment, scale impactful solutions and create a sustainable future for both people and planet. Learn more about how the coalition is accelerating ocean innovation and shaping the future of the blue economy at 1000oceanstartups.org 🌊 #1000OceanStartups #OceanInnovation #OceanImpact #Startups #SDG14 Friends of Ocean Action | Alfredo Giron Nava | Ronald Tardiff | Sam Zak | Oliver Yorke | Erin Skoczylas | Sofía Milian | Yu Jie Law | Ted Janulis | Ingrid H. Maurstad | Christian Lim | Alexis Grosskopf | Gracie White | Millicent Pitts | Maria Damanaki

🌊 The Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco is now accepting applications for the Ocean Innovation Prize — supporting transformative technologies and ideas that promote ocean sustainability and a thriving blue economy.   Whether you're tackling marine pollution, ocean conservation, sustainable fisheries, or other urgent challenges, this is your chance to access funding, visibility, and expert support from global sustainability leaders.   🕛 Apply by April 17 at 12 PM ET: https://lnkd.in/eT4y56cb Massachusetts Institute of Technology #BlueEconomy #OceanInnovation #ClimateTech #OceanInnovation #SustainableFuture #Startups 

🌊 👋 1000OS is delighted to welcome 3️⃣ new members to the coalition, bringing our total membership to 52 members of leading entrepreneur supporting organizations active in the regenerative blue economy! The new members are: Ilhahub de Inovação, a Brazilian innovation hub that incubates and accelerates start-ups, offers training programmes and promotes connections between different actors and sectors of the blue economy ecosystem, acting as an innovation platform. Blue Innovation Labs, a public-benefit corporation that brings start-ups together with industry, academia, NGOs and government agencies with the mission of collaboration for innovation, in support of healthy and secure oceans. Blue Innovation Labs is home to the BLUE Incubator and is working with stakeholders to develop an open innovation facility on Boston Harbour. Reciprocal, a venture studio that builds, invests in and supports environmental start-ups in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a focus on the blue economy, working lands and nature. A very warm welcome to all three members! #1000OceanStartups #OceanInnovation #BlueEconomy #SustainableInvesting #ClimateTech #VentureStudio #ImpactInvestment

🗞️ The #BlueEconomy is surging, but it's still undercapitalized. Dive into new research from 1000 Ocean Startups member Investable Oceans, in collaboration with ARPA-E, exploring how climate tech investors are increasingly recognizing the ocean’s massive role in energy, food, and infrastructure. Despite this trend, blue ventures only receive 7% of climate tech funding and face an estimated $175 Billion annual financing gap. Learn more about how crossover investing into the blue economy by climate tech funds can help close this gap in the article, featuring insights from Propeller’s Steven Fox and Katapult Ocean’s Ross Brooks — two of Sea Forward’s investees.

🌊 📫 Hot off the press! March's edition of #TheRipple, the monthly ocean innovation newsletter from 1000 Ocean Startups, is live and in your inboxes! In this edition we cover: 🔔 Updates from the Lighthouse, including 3️⃣ new members of 1000OS (now 52 in total) and a new version of the Ocean Impact Navigator in Japanese. 🏆 Inspiring coalition wins to share, including 3️⃣ cohorts of ocean health start-ups graduating from 1000OS member accelerator programmes, a merger between two ocean ESOs and a BBC News feature on a start-ups using robots to clean ships' hulls. 🎯 Upcoming ocean innovation opportunities and events, including 2️⃣ accelerator programmes, 3️⃣ challenges and a new platform providing support, mentorship and connections to ocean-impact ventures. 📰 Round-up of ocean innovation news, including an opinion piece outlining why the carbon removal industry will not scale, the impact of budget cuts and layoffs at NOAA and how a group of innovative beavers have saved the Czech taxpayer $1.2M. 🗞️ ☕ Read the edition in full: https://lnkd.in/ePrY7dVY ✒️ Subscribe to make sure you catch all future editions: https://lnkd.in/eUs4qHjn 🙋 Have some ocean innovation news to share? Send it our way!: https://lnkd.in/epjY6mkN This month's opportunities are from: 🔹 Members: Ocean Community, Hatch Blue, Braid Theory Ocean Exchange, Seaworthy Collective 🔭 Beyond the Coalition: California Sea Grant #Ocean #Innovation #Newsletter #Accelerator #Events #Opportunities #BlueEconomy #BlueTech

Today, we are announcing the 2025 Cohorts of the Seattle & Tacoma Maritime Blue Incubators, our free, 10-month Blue Ventures programs helping founders take their concept and early-stage companies to the next level. Congratulations to the following companies 👏 🌊 OCTO - John B. Davis 🌊Pacific Kelp Co. - Nick Stern & John (Jack) Smet 🌊PRAXSEAS - Brantlee Connell & Jonathan Connell 🌊RAMP Robotics - Richard Argall & Don Lasser 🌊Tini Scientific - Kim Martini & Virginia Schutte 🌊AERONAUTICA - Russ Higgins 🌊Corumat - Michael Waggoner 🌊Fairlead Marine - Jesse Long

🌊 How are geopolitics & consumer trends reshaping the seafood industry? ICYMI, a recent episode of the IntraFish Media podcast explores how the Trump Administration’s policies are sending ripples through the US seafood sector in 3️⃣ key ways 🔹 Tariff Uncertainty: With the U.S. threatening new seafood tariffs, Canadian suppliers are pivoting toward European and Chinese markets to hedge against potential disruptions. 🔹 Potential NOAA Fisheries budget cuts: Concerns are rising over potential funding reductions that could impact critical fisheries science and sustainability efforts. 🔹 Consumer Backlash: Some retailers are facing boycotts for rolling back DEI policies, shifting consumer loyalty to companies that maintain these commitments. For seafood companies, these developments highlight the urgent need to diversify markets, navigate geopolitical risks and respond to shifting consumer values. 💡 🎧Listen to the podcast here: https://lnkd.in/gMaXkumX #SeafoodIndustry #TradePolicy #Sustainability #ConsumerTrends #NOAA #IntraFishMedia

Hi Ocean Startups! Usually founders pitch to incubators and accelerators. This time we will pitch our programs to you! Join us for the "Ocean Startups Programs: The Reverse Pitch" and find out which program is the right fit for your startup. Ocean Exchange is pleased to be part of this alongside Blue Action, CDL-Atlantic, Hatch Blue, Katapult Ocean, OceanHub Africa, and Sustainable Ocean Alliance March 27 at 16:00CET/11:00 EST #OceanTech #founders #BlueEconomy Register now https://lu.ma/5qbkb3da

🎉 🎊 BIG celebrations are in order! On Thursday, March 6th, SeaAhead and the New England Aquarium hosted our fifth BlueSwell Demo Day to honor the seven startups that participated in Cohort V. We were proud to welcome Ashley Stolba, the Undersecretary of Economic Foundations at the Executive Office of Economic Development, as our Guest Speaker. She gave a passionate welcome to our community and showed her commitment to driving Massachusetts forward as an innovation stronghold. We also heard remarks from Letise LaFeir, PhD, Chief of Conservation and Stewardship at the Aquarium who underlined how crucial novel technologies are to conservation efforts. Our very own Alissa Peterson, CEO and co-founder of SeaAhead, made it clear that supporting and investing in groundbreaking blue innovation is the key to a bright blue future for all. If you follow the BlueSwell Program, you know that Demo Day is the capstone event for our cohort members where they pitch directly to our community of investors and partners. They spent the last five months working hard to drive their respective commercialization journeys forward. Please join us in congratulating Cohort V and applauding all of their accomplishments. Keep watch with us as these startups continue to change the game! THE GRADUATES: 🔵 Jeff Kaeli, Robin Littlefield, and Philip (Rusty) Warren @ ARMADA Marine Robotics 🔵 Josh Humberston and Neil Schonwald @ Coastal Measures 🔵 Steven Bordonaro and Philip Caspers @ Crewless Marine 🔵 Nili Persits @ Dottir Labs 🔵 Derek Long, Daisy Burns, and Matthew Oriente @ HydroPhos Solutions 🔵 Navy Mckee @ Kai Pono Solutions 🔵 Qinmin Z. @ WATABOT Congratulations to our team members Julia Pangan and Edward Cesare for their exceptional contributions to the BlueSwell Program. Thank you to our interns, Claire Ferris and Avery Kaplan for their vital support in delivering Cohort V. Thank you to Jonathan Clancy at Blue Wave Imagery for photographing the event. Didn't make it to Demo Day? You can find a recording of the event here: https://lnkd.in/ewd-2TSH #bluetech #oceantechnology #blueswelldemoday2025

The Great Lakes Blue Tech Challenge is Open for Applications! Are you passionate about tackling environmental and infrastructure challenges in the Great Lakes? The Great Lakes Blue Tech Challenge offers entrepreneurs, researchers, and problem-solvers a platform to pitch groundbreaking solutions for water quality, microplastics, PFAS, and marine infrastructure. Led by Northwestern Michigan College and funded by NOAA’s Great Lakes Innovation Accelerator, this competition has a top prize of $35,000. 📅 Apply by March 28 🌎 Open to U.S. & Canadian participants #BlueTech #Innovation #GreatLakes #Startups #Sustainability